OK - I skipped a formal dinner and spruced up my torn up but still soft and good on the feet - GEL MAT in the kitchen. It was $18 dollars three years ago... and being a cheap bunny I decided to fix it up instead of buying a new one. Before / during / and tada photos!! Yes, that's black duct-tape covering the rips in the mat.
Sew... it fought me most of the way. I ended up stopping my edge stitching and basting the old mat to the new black vinyl, then continuing with the oil cloth edging. I did have to roll it up as I sewed, and used a tiny pokey stick tool from Harbor Freight on the corners to get it under control as I sewed. What a bear! This was way worse that sewing that lead lined X-ray dental vest. But that's another story.
Costs - Oil cloth edging - I don't know an eighth of a yard - maybe a dollars worth (I have a bit because I have been making kitchen appliance covers out of it - no photos yet of the collection b/c only two are done and I have a couple more to go). The black textured vinyl was on sale at Hobby Lobby. I think I paid five for a half yard. So six bucks. Much better than another $18. AND it coordinates with my kitchen. Saved 12 dollars on the DIY. M&L has 20% off for the next week - I'm should go buy more oil cloth to finish the kitchen. I need more duck cloth anyway to finish Vlad's BBQ cover.
Lello cover - done
mixer cover - to do
Blender cover - to do
NuWave cover - done
toaster cover - to do
knife block cover - to do -Oooh - maybe I'll use the left over black textured vinyl for this - yeeeessssss. with a cool red metal zipper up the front to get to the scissors easy.
Just wait a month or so because I will be making swags with jabots and chevrons for the front room windows - or getting a baliage on my hair - depends how much money I have and how well my own DIY hair project hidden color test turns out tomorrow.
Outta here - time to hit the pillow and start drooling.
Spakoine Nocche as Vladimir says.